Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-25

as one would expect from man OF
his tastes and temperament. He
mades his summer home the source
of intellectual and social refreshment
and diversion. In the days when
he is not at his editorial room,
in the Pilot Office, he spends much
of his time with his family. TAX
ing the children out rowing, or sitting
on his shady piazza in pleasant con-
verse; Withdrawing when the spirit
moves him to mediate on the human
itarian or poetic themes in which he
is SO deepl interested. He has III
J hand Il book OF apporisms on social
philosophy, in which the salient ideas
which have impressed themselves
upon his mind during the course OF
his thought and observation on this
subject are expressed in nervous
and compact style. The reflections,
some of which haye been read by lite
rary friends, are wonderfully suggest
i've, and, although their full signifi-
canoe cannot be understood from a
casual hearing, they arrest attention
by their breadth of human sympathy
and the vigor with which they an
nounce those truths of primary and
eternal value which have been over
laid in modern civilization by stereo-
typed conventionalities and institu-
| tional forms. Mr.. O'Reilly' IS radicalism,
which crops out in these sententlous
utterances, leads him, as the word
| implies, to the very roots of the rela--
tions of humanity to the social and
political accretions which have been
crystalized into governments and
laws. From these grave considera-
tons of the rights of man he likes to
turn to the poetic themes which give
! HIS IMAGINATION PLAY
in world which is free from the
prosaic limitations of an artificial civ
illzation. To touch upon the natural
emotions OF the race, to depict the in
fiuence and course of love, and of the
darker passions, and to dwell upon
the glories of nature, is delight to
the poet, and it is noticeable that his
verse usually has an underlying
spirit of sympathy with the progress
and development of man. His vivid
imagination naturally flowers into inn
agery, in which outward objects
mirror the sentiments and feelings
of humanity. His poetic gifts
being closely connected with his earn
est and comprehensive interest in the
progress of society. in the various
phases of its development, it is natu-
raj that he should be frequently called
upon for commemorative or other po-
ems, appropriate for some particular
occasion. 1t was Will, he was writ
ing his Woodstock poem at Hull that
he had the attack of insomnia that
prevented his finishing it in season for
that celebration. He has since fully
recovered from this trouble, and to
look at him no one would dream that
he had so recently been ill. He ap-
pears to be in splendid physical con-
dition his face is full, his eye bright,
and his flesh has that firm quality
which indicates robust health. Ex-
posure to the sun has darkened his
naturally swarthy complexion, and
the effect is very becoming to him.
The canoeing which he practices in
the summer months he considers
the best of all exercise, as it com-
bines muscular exertion with op-
portunities for observing nature in its
most attractive aspects, and thus gives
that stimulus to the mind which is
needed for the best results to the
whole system. Its great advantage
over rowing, he thinks, lies in its
freer play, the canoeist not being
bound down to a seat, and moreover
by his position facing the course of
the craft, taking in all the interesting
features of the view. The canoe, be-
ing light, can be taken into waters in
accessible to the rowboat, and one of
the principal charms of this form of
an equatic excursion is the landing in
some sequestered spot and enjoying
its isohtion from the haunts of man.
When Mr.. O'Reilly and DIR.
Guitexas took their canoeing trips
they carried their boxing gloves
with them, and on stopping at
places where mill hands or other
workmen had taste for such sport,
they gave them a touch of their skill,
which often astonished the brawny
sons of toll, who expected to gain an
easy victory, and, instead, found them
selves foored by the brain-workers
from the city.
Another exercise which Mr..
O'Reilly greatly enjoys is swimming,
which he considers second only to
boxing as a muscular exercise, and
having besides the advantage of being
pursued in the open air at season
when it brings delicious
REFREsHMENT AND IMMIGRATION
to the whole system. AT Hull he
does not avail himself of the facilities
of the bathing house, but takes a
boat and rows to one of the
neighboring islands, where he can take
his swim unencumbered by the arti-
fetal covering which has to be worn
within view of the seaside cottages.
He is splendid swimmer, and is very
expert in the effective side stroke, in
which the two arms are alternately
thrust forward through the air, and
are brought through the water with a
wide sweep, almost horizontally to
the thighs. Mr.. O'Reilly has become
much attached to his old house at
Hull, on account of its interesting as
| sOCldtlOus, put, although lle Has uOIc
much to renovate it, he finds that 50
much remains to be done that he con.
templates building an entirely rev
house on this site next year. To look
at the great beams of this house, one
would fancy them indestructible,
and that time would hardly
makeA an impression on their
floor As matter of fact
however, Mr.. O'Reilly has been
obliged to replace good deal of the
seemingly solid woodwork of the old
house, which was crumbling away
The exterior would show no trace of
decay, while the interior was little
better than a mass OF powder held
together by stringy fibre. The window
frames, Which are in the antique
style, inclosing small panes of glass,
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